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WGN Channel 9 - The Afternoon Movie - "The Cocoanuts" (Opening & Break, 1981)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break from The Afternoon Movie presentation of The Marx Brothers' 1929 classic "The Cocoanuts" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

'WGN Television/24 Hours a Day' ID with "Last Farewell" music (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Opening title segment of The Afternoon Movie featuring clips from various films in their library, with voiceover (Merri Dee) explaining the premise and plot of "The Cocoanuts" and advising it will start ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Real People (Part 1, 1980)

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Here's Part 1 of an (incomplete) episode of the prototypical "reality show" Real People on WMAQ Channel 5. The show was hosted by Byron Allen, Sarah Purcell, John Barbour, and Skip Stephenson (and featured, on and off over the years, contributions from the likes of Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell and Fred Willard - none of whom are on this edition), and ran from 1979 to 1984 at a time when NBC's ratings (and reputation) were in the toilet.

This segment (joined in progress) ...

WBKB Channel 7 - Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks" (Part 1, 1964)

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Here's Part 1 of Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks," as aired on WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. The host of this in-depth look at the team was Frank Sweeney. This was transferred from the original film, and thus has no commercials.

This part begins with the old-style academy leader which counted by feet rather than frames (as opposed to the more common SMPTE Universal film leader). The program itself begins with some shots of ...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (Commercial Break, 1982)

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Here's a commercial break from The 3:00 Movie presentation of "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (1971) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

The 3:00 Movie animated bumper (with section of bridge from "Skippin' " by Ramsey Lewis)

Commercial: McDonald's "Play and Win" promotion for the Atari "Scratch & Win" cards - expires October 22nd 1982 (or as long as supplies last)

Commercial: American Business Institute Chicago - featuring personnel ...

WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 3, 1972)

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Here's Part 3 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7. This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Featured in this part are Ione (Rolnick) from Prize Movie, anchor John Drury, and weatherman John Coleman - oh yes, and also Suzy Streetnoise, a...

WBBM Channel 2 - "Living History (Bloopers)" (Part 1, 1978/1979)

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Here's Part 1 of a blooper reel from WBBM Channel 2, of outtakes of taped material that never made it to broadcast and a few live moments where anything could and did happen.

This part starts with a still of a live report with the socket of the CBS eye in the superimposed graphic escaping and falling to the bottom, accompanied by various sounds of breaking glass.

Next is a still taken in the WBBM control room, with titles:
Living History - Volume 1...

WLS Channel 7 - Fahey Flynn Presents Seven's Greetings (Part 5, 1972)

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Here's Part 5 of Fahey Flynn Presents: Seven's Greetings, a Christmas Eve special hosted by the legendary news anchor on WLS Channel 7. This was transferred from the original 2" quad master tape (long since trashed) onto 3/4" Umatic, from which this transfer was made. The show was recorded on Tuesday, December 19th 1972.

Featured in this part are Fahey's longtime co-anchor Joel Daly, "Action 7" reporter Frank Mathie, Suzy Streetnoise, and the puppets Mike Raphone and M...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Larry Lujack" - Svengoolie's Comedy News (Transition, 1973)

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Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This segment is from Show #61 (according to the clapboard), with guest Larry "Superjock" Lujack. The recording date was April 11th 1973.

This segment is call...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm (Promo, 1977)

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Here is a two-minute, awesomely overdone promo (in that 70s way) for WMAQ Channel 5's NewsCenter5 At 10pm, starting off with a space motif and a laser-style lightning bolt traveling around the world and then back to Chicago ("From the stars to the planets, from Chicago to the ends of the earth" - voiceover by Brad Crandall), to promote "a new age of electronic journalism" (a reference to the adoption of video-based ENG) and the resources of NBC News. Some of the clips (of news events within ...